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James and the Giant Peach

<b>From the bestselling author of </b><i><b>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG</b></i><b>! </b><br><br>Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little—in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects—a ladybug, a spider, a grasshopper, a glowworm, a silkworm, and the chronic complainer, a centipede with a hundred gorgeous shoes. Their adventures aboard a luscious peach as large as a house take them across the Atlantic Ocean, through waters infested with peach-eating sharks and skies inhabited by malevolent Cloudmen, to a ticker-tape parade in New York City.<br><br>This happily ever after contemporary fairy tale is a twentieth-century classic that every child deserves to know. And Lane Smith's endearingly funny illustrations are a perfect match for the text.<br><br><b>"All the gruesome imagery of old-fashioned fairy tales and a good measure of their breathtaking delight." —<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>"A stunning book, to be cherished for its story, a superb fantasy." —<i>The Chicago Tribune</i></b><br><br><b>"The most original fantasy that has been published in a long time...[it] may well become a classic." —<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b>